A thought is an idea in transit.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday.

The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.

Fatalism is a lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious.

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government.

Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive.

The general plot of life is sometimes shaped by the different ways genuine intelligence combines with equally genuine ignorance.

Artistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind.

I fear no secret of a person I trust, and he has no need to fear mine. It is part of being friends.